Heat wave blankets US West as fires rage in several states
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(Worthy News) – Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heatwave blanketed the West, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
Death Valley in southeastern California’s Mojave Desert reached 128 degrees on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service‘s reading at Furnace Creek. The shockingly high temperature was actually lower than the previous day when the location reached 130 F.
If confirmed as accurate, the 130-degree reading would be the hottest high recorded there since July 1913, when Furnace Creek desert hit 1,34, considered the highest measured temperature on Earth. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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